ARABIC LANGUAGE DAY
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Arabic is one of the six official languages of the United Nations. We celebrate this special day to embrace multilingualism, cultural diversity and to promote equal use of all six official languages.
The General Assembly approved the Arabic Language as one of the official languages of the United Nations on December 18th. This is how December 18th became the day we celebrate as Arabic Language Day.
More than 400 million people speak Arabic daily. It is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world.
The Official Languages of the United Nations are:
- Arabic (Modern Standard Arabic) -December 18th
- Chinese (Mandarin Chinese in simplified Chinese characters)- April 20th
- English (British English)- April 23rd
- French – March 20th
- Russian- June 6
- Spanish April 23rd
You can celebrate Arabic Language Day by:
Use an app like DUOLINGO to learn one of the 6 languages of the United Nations that is most interesting to you!
Can’t celebrate this year – Mark your calendar & save this holiday for next year!
You can also pin the image below to your Pinterest boards to save this fantastic holiday!
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